Necktie-fastener



(No Model.)

- A. J. COLE.

NEQKTIE PASTBNBR. No. 458,016. PatentedAug'. 18, I891.

WITNESSES:

UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

AD ONIRAM J UDSON COLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR T0 \VILLIAM H. HART, JR, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

NECKTlE-FASTEN ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,016, dated August 18, 1891.

Application filed March 11, 1890. Serial No. 343.547- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADONIRAM J UDSON COLE,a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Neckwear-Retainers, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings.

My invention consists of a device which is attachable to a necktie or similar article of neck-wear, formed of hooks, one of which provides the means for connecting the retainer with the tie and the other with the means for engagement of the retainer with the collar-button, said hooks being of different widths, whereby the tie may set closely to the collar-button.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a neck-wear retainer embodying my invention, the same being shown'applied to a necktie. Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the retainer on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 represents a View of the retainer previous to being bent into shape.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures.

Referring to the drawings, A designates a necktie of ordinary construction,and B designates the device whereby the tie may be retained on a collar-button, said device being primarily constructed, as in Fig. 3, of a piece of sheet metal with two forks D E, which are connected by a neck F and project in opposite directions, said neck then being bent, producing substantially the double arch or hook-shaped piece shown in Fig. 2, both arches being reversed, the neck joining the crowns at the bottom thereof. The sides of the front hook or arch have at top the downweirdly-projecting hooks H for attachment to .rear arch is raised above that of the crown of the front arch, so as to support the shank or fastening of the button above the crown of the said front arch.

The retainer is secured to the tie in such manner that the rear arch appears on the back thereof, whereby it may engage with the collar-button for holding the tie in position. Owing to the width of the'front arch the collar-button presses against the fabric at the back of the tie, and said fabric yields, owing to the non-resistance of the said front arch, the sides of the latter being removed from theline of pressure of the button. Hence the tie may be set close to the button, thus presenting a neater appearance and better fit and avoiding the improper projection of the tie from the collar.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A neck-wear retainer formed of sheet metal, oftwo inverted arches connected at bottom by a neck, the sides of the front arch having hooks projecting downwardly from the tops of the limbs thereof, the front arch being of greater width than the rear arch and the 

